Dec 16 gangrape: HC to start hearing from Wednesday

The Delhi High Court will start from Wednesday the day-to-day hearing on the death sentence awarded to four men in Delhi’s Dec 16 gangrape-cum-murder case.

The trial court Sep 13 awarded the death sentence to Mukesh (26), Akshay Thakur (28), Pawan Gupta (19) and Vinay Sharma (20), convicted in the case, and referred the case to the high court for confirmation of their sentence.

The trial court has to refer each death penalty case to the high court for confirmation of the punishment.